Using Social Media is a great way to share and also offers many opportunities to develop yourself professionally and academically. Learn about different social media tools and how they can help you become a "better you." Come be inspired and learn better ways to use the tools you may already be using including learning more about what is going on in the areas you are passionate about. Presented during the 2011 Enriching Scholarship week at the University of Michigan.

1. Nurturing yourself through social networks By Chris Myers – Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy myersca @ umich.edu, Twitter, Gtalk, Yammer, Facebook Social Media Sun

2. Welcome Who are you? What do you want?

3. Outcomes Utilize, Advantages, Pitfalls

4. Social Media Let’s Define

5. Benefits – Four Pillars Connect, Develop, Participate, and Highlight

6. Connect Find, Be Found, Search, Be Rich

7. Develop Learn, Develop, Cliff Notes, 24/7

8. Participate Respond, Ask, Connect, Engage

9. Highlight Yourself, Demonstrate, Earn Respect, You Will Be Found

10. Playing with Fire Why?, Lose Job, Lose Respect, Watch Out

11. Your tools

12. Linkedin Professional, Connecting, Peers, Highlighting

13. Facebook Social, highlight, interact, challenges & opps

14. Twitter Ticker, Development, Networking

15. Yammer Private, Organizational, Network, Respect

16. Delicious Oldie, Network, Develop, Look Ahead

17. Geolocation – The infants Gowalla, Foursquare, Mytown, Find Information

18. Angles of Approach Plan, Monitor, Tweak, Don’t Use-Delete, Move Ahead, Search

19. Begin to notice….. Some similar approaches…well its social media

20. Grow……

21. Questions By Chris Myers – Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy myersca @ umich.edu, Twitter, Gtalk, Yammer, Facebook

22. Thanks Cool Social Media Icons by Jeremy Roux: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:web2badges